A father runs to welcome his lost son home.
However far we have wandered, the Father sees us while we are yet a great way off.
What the Scriptures say
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. … Luke 15:11-32 · KJV · opening verses